UNK softball explodes for 27 runs in doubleheader sweep

Nebraska-Kearney third baseman Sarah Rome had seven RBI’s as the softball team scored 14 runs in one inning to sweep a double header from Black Hills State, 10-5 and 17-1 (5 innings), Sunday in Spearfish, S.D.

In game one, Rome hit a three-run homer to give the Lopers to a 3-0 lead in the first. The second game was a record setter for the Lopers as they scored 14 times in the first inning, sending 17 batters to the plate with eight hits, four walks, a hit batter and two BHSU errors. In that inning Rome hit a grand slam.